by Martial Arts Master
The original concept of Pokemon and all related characters copyrighted by Nintendo, Game Freak, Creatures Inc., 4Kids, TV Tokyo, Satoshi Tajiri, and Wizards of the Coast. All characters I use as Pokewomen are copyrighted by their original creators and owners. I made up Rick and Orville, though. See the first chapter for the rules by which the Pokewomen world operates by. Now, on with the story.
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After beating 7 trainers not worthy enough to describe and getting their money as prizes, which was a good thing since he was getting low on money, Rick finally reached Celadon City. He knew it was Celadon City because he'd been given directions here after winning a laughing contest. (Author's Note: See last chapter.)
He looked at his watch and saw it was dinnertime.
He went into yet another fast-food place and ordered food for himself and his six Pokewomen.
They started to eat.
"So, girls, ready to face the Celadon City gym leader?" Rick asked.
"Sure, I think it will be interesting," Saria said.
"Yeah, I'd like to see if the gym leader's Pokewomen are any tougher than Leelim," Pixie said.
"'Course I'm ready to face the gym leader, he/she's probably a loser," Inque said.
"I'm not sure I could beat a gym leader," Cassie said.
"Yeah, I'm ready," Birdie said.
Anita, as usual, didn't say anything.
They finished eating, and then they heard people talking at the next table.
"Man, the Celadon City gym leader's as tough as nails!" a boy said. "Lt. Surge is a cakewalk compared to her!"
So the gym leader was a girl.
"Yeah, I tried to use my Pokewomen against her, and she kicked their butts like they were roadkill," a girl replied.
"You shoulda seen my battle against her," another boy said. "I nearly won without losing a Pokewoman, but her last Pokewoman's been trained really well, and it single-handedly defeated all of my Pokewomen."
Rick grinned. It sounded like this one would be a real challenge, if it was true that she was even tougher than Lt. Surge.
Rick recalled all of his Pokewomen and rushed out of the fast-food place, heading towards the Celadon City Gym.
Just as he got to the gym, someone shouted for him to stop.
He turned around and saw a little kid running towards him. With a start he realized this was the same kid who Cassie had once taken care of! Rick remembered Cassie saying his name was Orville.
"Yeah, what do you want?" Rick asked.
"I came to repay the favor Cassie did me by taking care of me when I was wounded," Orville replied. "Here's how. I'm going to tell you something you need to know if you plan on challenging the gym leader."
"Tell me," Rick said, interested. He'd need all the help he could get.
"What you need to know is that the gym leader also runs a perfume shop in this city," Orville said. "If you don't like perfume, she won't accept your challenge."
Rick was shocked.
"But I thought the rules said gym leaders have no choice but to accept challenges!" Rick shouted.
"The Celadon City gym leader, apparently, doesn't seem to care for that rule, only following it if the challengers like perfume," Orville said.
"Thanks for the tip," Rick said, and he meant it. He himself didn't like perfume. Had it not been for Orville, he would have said so, and would have never gotten to battle the gym leader.
"You're welcome. Now I'd better leave now that my debt is repaid," Orville said. He then ran off.
Rick went inside the gym.
As he got inside, he noticed it looked like a lobby in a hotel.
A lady stopped him and asked, "Do you like perfume?"
Rick was grateful for the tip Orville had given him.
"Yes," he lied.
"Then I'll show you to the gym leader," the lady said. She led him through a door.
He was in another room, and this room looked like a greenhouse. There were plants everywhere, and there were also girls everywhere taking care of the plants.
"Hello? Where's the gym leader?" Rick asked.
"I am the gym leader, and my name is Erika," said a girl with blue hair and green clothes.
"You must like perfume if you were able to get in here," Erika continued.
"Never mind that, I am Rick, from Pallet Town, and I challenge you to a match!" Rick said.
"I accept, of course," Erika said. "But you have to let my disciples watch the match."
By "disciples", Erika obviously meant all the others in the room.
"I don't give a rat's butt," Rick said. Obviously the reason Erika wanted her disciples to watch every gym match was because since Erika was tough enough to win most of her matches, she earned her disciples' respect, so she could remain their teacher.
At a signal from Erika, her disciples stood up, walked over to some bleachers that Rick hadn't noticed before, and sat down.
Erika walked to the side of the room opposite from Rick.
"We shall use three Pokemon each," Erika said.
"Fine with me," Rick said.
"I specialize in Pokewomen who are involved with nature," Erika said. She threw a Poke Ball and said, "I select...Zoycite!"
A woman with brownish-blond in a grey uniform popped out of the Poke Ball. (Author's Note: Yes, I know perfectly well that in the Japanese version of Sailor Moon, Zoycite was a man, but this is the American version of her.)
Rick pointed his Pokedex at the woman.
The Pokedex said, "Zoycite. She is a villain from the American version of an Earth TV show called Sailor Moon. In the Japanese version, she was a man. She can use cherry blossoms for attacks, has a sword, and has a miscellaneous skill of using a black crystal to turn others into monsters."
Rick figured that since Erika specialized in nature, the only reason Erika had captured Zoycite was because of Zoycite's cherry blossoms.
"Go, Birdie!" Rick said, sending out Birdie.
"Ah, another character from Sailor Moon," Erika said. "Well, let's start the match."
"All right, Birdie, let's put Zoycite on ice!" Rick shouted.
Birdie shot some ice at Zoycite.
"Zoycite, teleport," Erika said.
Zoycite disappeared in a flash of cherry blossoms, avoiding the ice.
Zoycite reappeared behind Birdie, and Birdie turned around to face her.
"Try some ice shards," Rick said.
Birdie threw some ice shards at Zoycite, but Zoycite just teleported behind Birdie again.
"Now, Zoycite, time to attack!" Erika said. "Keep her on her toes with your cherry blossoms, and then use your sword!"
"I'm on it," Zoycite said.
She threw cherry blossoms at Birdie, saying "Zoi!" for dramatic effect.
Birdie threw up her arms and flailed the cherry blossoms away, but Zoycite simply used her distraction to produce her sword.
She leaped at Birdie.
"Quick, freeze yourself!" Rick shouted.
Birdie encased herself in ice. Zoycite ended up slashing the ice.
All Zoycite managed to accomplish was freeing Birdie from her own ice, just as Rick hoped.
Birdie then made a quick movement with her arm, knocking the sword away.
Zoycite ran to her sword, attempting to retrieve it.
"Now freeze her!" Rick shouted.
Just as Zoycite bent to pick up her sword, Birdie froze her with ice, turning her into an ice statue.
Apparently the room only looked like a greenhouse, and didn't act like one. Otherwise the ice would have melted.
"Looks like you win this one," Erika said, recalling Zoycite.
"Now I choose...Togemon!" Erika said, throwing another Poke Ball.
Something that looked like a gigantic cactus with arms, legs, boxing gloves, and a face appeared.
Rick wondered what the heck this thing was, pointing his Pokedex at the cactus.
The Pokedex said, "Togemon. This is a character from an Earth TV show and games called Digimon. She is a Digimon, and not only is she an expert puncher, she also has two attacks called Needle Spray and Light Speed Jabbing. Needle Spray allows her to shoot her needles at opponents, and Light Speed Jabbing allows her to aim multiple punches at an opponent. Those punches would literally be performed at the speed of light."
"Togemon, punch her lights out!" Erika said.
"You got it!" Togemon said, aiming a punch at Birdie.
Rick smirked.
"Encase yourself in ice," he said calmly to Birdie.
Birdie encased herself in ice.
However, Togemon had been much better trained then Zoycite, and the force of her punch not only smashed the ice, but also knocked Birdie off her feet.
Birdie landed on her head and was knocked unconscious.
"I win this one," Erika said.
Rick said, "Good try, Birdie," and then recalled her.
"I'll fight nature with nature," Rick said. "Go, Saria!"
He sent out Saria.
"All right, Togemon, use your Needle Spray," Erika said.
"Needle Spray!" Togemon shouted, spraying needles at Saria.
Rick smirked again. Apparently Erika didn't know that Saria was the Forest Sage.
Saria waved her hand, and the needles were sent back at Togemon.
Togemon got stabbed with the needles, and she fell over, unconscious.
Erika gasped. She couldn't believe that Togemon had been beaten so easily.
"Togemon, return," she said, recalling Togemon.
"Just one more, and I'll win the badge!" Rick said.
"This one's my strongest," Erika said. She threw a Poke Ball and said, "Go, Wood Card!"
A green female spirit came out of the Poke Ball.
Rick pointed his Pokedex at the spirit.
The Pokedex said, "Wood Card. She is a character from an Earth TV show called Cardcaptors. She can control the very wood she is made up of."
"Saria, try to control the Wood Card," Rick said.
Saria concentrated.
"Wood Card, you can control yourself, so try to resist her control and attack her," Erika said.
Thus began a power struggle. Saria tried to gain control of the Wood Card, while the Wood Card tried to control herself so she could attack Saria.
It took a while, but the Wood Card, having been trained by a gym leader, was better-trained, so it managed to free itself from Saria's control, and it rushed at Saria.
Saria didn't have a chance. She was smacked around by so many tree branches that she soon fell unconscious.
Erika chuckled.
"Oh well, I still have one chance left," Rick said, recalling Saria.
He knew that plants were notorious for easily catching on fire. If he could only get Cassie to be able to breathe fire well...
"Go, Cassie!" Rick said, sending out Cassie.
Cassie, the cute little pink dragon, looked at the Wood Card nervously.
"I'm not sure if I can beat that thing," Cassie said.
"You can if you breathe fire," Rick said.
"But I don't know how to breathe fire very well," Cassie said.
For some reason Erika wasn't having the Wood Card attack. Maybe Erika was waiting to see if Cassie would ever attack.
"Just take a deep breath, call up the fire, and blow it out," Rick said.
"Ok, I'll try..." Cassie said, nervous.
She took a deep breath, then blew really hard. To the Wood Card's astonishment, fire came out.
The fire burned the Wood Card's branches and set them on fire. Soon the Wood Card had burned herself into unconsciousness.
Erika cursed under her breath, recalling the Wood Card.
"I did it! I did it!" Cassie said, excited. She gave Rick a hug.
Rick patted her on the head, and then recalled her.
"Looks like you won the Rainbow Badge," Erika said, tossing Rick a badge.
Rick looked at the badge. It was a circular badge that had the colors of the rainbow at the outer edge and was black in the center.
Rick, with his newly earned badge, walked out of the gym, only to discover that it was already nighttime.
Rick checked into a hotel, and then went to the room they provided for him and his Pokewomen.
They all went to sleep.
To be continued...
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You're probably thinking, "Oh no, not another new trainer fic that the author won't bother to finish!" Well, let me tell you, I hate those kinds of fics too, and let me tell you in advance that I DO plan on finishing this fic. I never start a fic that I don't intend to finish. In fact, if I'm lying about planning to finish the fic, may I get pounded by a madman. E-mail all questions and comments to bleifer@msn.com.